Facebook Privacy Checkup
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Some settings in Privacy Checkup can only be managed from your main profile, which is the first profile that you create when you sign up for Facebook. Please switch to your main profile to use Privacy Checkup.
Privacy Checkup guides you through some of your privacy and security settings, so you can review your choices to help make sure that you're sharing with who you want to share with.
Go to Privacy Checkup
- Click your profile picture in the top-left corner of Facebook.
- Click Settings & privacy, then click Privacy Checkup.
Set up Privacy Checkup reminders
You can choose how often you are reminded to go through Privacy Checkup.
- Click your profile picture in the top-left corner of Facebook.
- Click Settings & privacy, then click Privacy Checkup.
- Click
in the top right, then click Set up reminders.
- Click the circle next to how often you want to be reminded to do a Privacy Checkup.
- Click Save.
Things you can review in Privacy Checkup
- Who can see what you share. This section guides you through things such as:
- Choosing who can see certain information on your profile, such as your phone number, email address, date of birth and relationship status.
- Updating who can see your future and past posts.
- Reviewing who you've blocked on Facebook. For example, you can add people to your blocked list. Learn more about what happens when you block someone on Facebook.
- How to keep your account secure. This section will guide you through things such as:
- Updating your password. Learn more about creating a strong password.
- Turning on alerts to help let you know if someone logs in to your account from a place we don't recognise.
- How people can find you on Facebook. This section lets you choose who can:
- Send you friend requests.
- Look you up on Facebook by your phone number or email address.
- Your data settings on Facebook. This section guides you through things such as:
- Reviewing and removing recently used apps and websites from other companies that you've used Facebook to log in to.
- Your ad preferences on Facebook. This section guides you through things such as:
- Reviewing and choosing what information on your profile can be used by advertisers to contact you.
- Choosing who can see your social interactions (e.g. things you've liked or followed on Facebook) next to an ad.
Other ways to manage your privacy
Learn more about how to control who can see what you share. From here, you can learn how to:
- Select an audience for your posts.
- Change the audience for your past posts.
- Edit basic info on your profile and choose who can see it.
- You can also adjust privacy settings for apps and games.
